diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index ea78617..5910307 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
 	vma->vm_start = vma->vm_end - PAGE_SIZE;
 	vma->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS;
 	vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vma->anon_vma_chain);
 	err = insert_vm_struct(mm, vma);
 	if (err)
 		goto err;
@@ -516,7 +517,8 @@
 	/*
 	 * cover the whole range: [new_start, old_end)
 	 */
-	vma_adjust(vma, new_start, old_end, vma->vm_pgoff, NULL);
+	if (vma_adjust(vma, new_start, old_end, vma->vm_pgoff, NULL))
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/*
 	 * move the page tables downwards, on failure we rely on
@@ -547,7 +549,7 @@
 	tlb_finish_mmu(tlb, new_end, old_end);
 
 	/*
-	 * shrink the vma to just the new range.
+	 * Shrink the vma to just the new range.  Always succeeds.
 	 */
 	vma_adjust(vma, new_start, new_end, vma->vm_pgoff, NULL);